ANNUALREPORT 2015–16

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OUR WAY 01OUR PLAN 02OUR OPERATIONS 03OUR FINANCES 12OUR COMMUNITY 14OUR FUTURE 16

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ANNUALREPORT 2015–16

OUR WAY

Indigenous Community Television Limited (ICTV) is an independent not-for-profit public company. We exist to improve the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous Australians, especially those living in remote areas, by providing video platforms for sharing stories, culture, language and essential information.

CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME

Welcome to the 9th ICTV Annual Report, a document that captures how ICTV continues to profile and present the very best of life in remote Indigenous Australia – to show ‘Our Way’.Each year, as more of our elders pass away, ICTV plays a vital role in helping to keep our culture strong and our young people educated in traditional ways. This focus on community stories and cultural maintenance means ICTV enjoys strong audience and contributor support from One Arm Point on the Dampier Peninsular in Western Australia, to Wujal Wujal in Far North Queensland.This year, more than half of ICTV’s programming was in an Australian Indigenous language. This is an outstanding achievement.I am seeing more people, myself included, pick up cameras to make videos for ICTV. In this way, ICTV has become part of people’s lives.I am proud to be associated with ICTV. - Nelson Conboy, Chairperson

GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT

The 2015–16 year has been one of independence, consolidation and contrasts for ICTV. In July 2015 we took over the lease of our previously-shared premises in Wilkinson Street, Alice Springs. We also developed and launched our new online video streaming service ICTV PLAY.Operationally, there has been strong focus on consolidating and improving what we do, with three staff complet-ing accredited training and all staff undergoing a variety of other training and development. The number of staff at ICTV has remained constant and the percentage of Indigenous employment has increased.

While we received the highest amount of language content for many years, we experienced our first drop in annual income since we began operating in-dependently in 2008-09. The decrease in income indicates a normalisation of ICTV’s operations with no major projects being undertaken. With government funding becoming harder to secure, self-generated income has developed as a priority over the past six months. While the introduc-tion of some commercial operations is essential for our ongoing viability, maintaining ICTV’s community and cultural foundations and values will always be paramount. - Rita Cattoni, General Manager

OUR PLAN

ICTV STRATEGIC OUTCOMES 2013-17

A TRIBUTE TO ANNETTE VICTOR

It has been a sad year for ICTV with the passing away of Kumanjayi Victor, the ICTV Deputy Chair.Kumanjayi was a founding member of ICTV and was our longest-standing director, having been on the board since the inaugural AGM held in Balgo in October 2006. Kumanjayi was a passionate advocate for the role media can play in improving the lives of Indigenous Australians in remote communities and was a champion of ICTV. She contributed an enormous number of videos to ICTV through her work for Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media (PAKAM) and was well known and highly regarded amongst everyone in the remote Indigenous media sector. She was awarded the Mr McKenzie Memorial Award for Best Contribution to Indigenous Television at the National Remote Indigenous Media Festival in 2015. Her strong voice and amazing spirit will be impossible to replace. - TheStaffandBoardofICTV

Over the past year, ICTV has continued working towards the outcomes of the 2013–17 Strategic Plan.Four of these six key outcomes have been achieved: ICTV has success-fully operated a multi-platform video sharing service, suited to the priorities and interests of our audience. We have a strong and committed community of viewers, contributors and other stakeholders, and are steered by an Indigenous Board of Directors. We continue to remain financially viable, and to develop our capacity for self-generated income. However, the Our Industry and Our Resources outcomes prove an ongoing challenge for ICTV and the sector. The Our Industry outcome reflects ICTV’s commitment to generating training and income opportunities for Indigenous Australians living in remote communities. To date, our principal strategy has been to generate adequate surplus, through advertising and sponsorship, to pay retrospec-tive licence fees to our contributors. However, with a substantial surplus proving impossible to achieve for the past three years, it is clear we need

to modify this approach and pursue a dedicated production fund. ICTV’s ability to meet its Our Resources outcome rests on the financial capacity to undertake and expand operations. Budget alloca-tions to resources and infrastructure are consistently lean, with most operational funding directed towards wages. This wages-focused approach will need to be addressed in future planning, so that sufficient resources are available for operations to ad-equately function and develop.Both these outcomes would also be possible with substantial investment from government or a philanthropic source – each of which would require a different approach. For example, government mostly requires sub-missions to be presented within a business model framework; in contrast, a philanthropic approach requires tangible community and cultural development benefits. These contrasting ideologies reflect the challenges many organisations face in the current political and economic environment.

Our Services

ICTV operates as a multi-platform video sharing service, utilising new accessible technologies that are available to Indigenous Aus-tralians in remote communities.

Our Programming

ICTV program-ming is driven by the priorities and interests of the communities and regions where its primary audience is located.

OurIndustry

The production of content provides employment and income generation opportunities for Indigenous Aus-tralians in remote communities.

Our Community

ICTV is the sum of its parts, and is supported by a strong membership and stakeholder group of supporters.

Our Resources

ICTV operates efficiently and has adequate resources to undertake core and expanding operations as per this Strategic Plan.

Our Finances

ICTV is financially viable.

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OUR OPERATIONS

ICTV reaches its audience through digital television, online video streaming, and community engagement.Content is acquired from a network of contributors in remote communities, and through tailored in-house productions, to meet specific programming targets. In all our operations, we prioritise Indigenous employment and training.We engage with our audience and industry by attending key festivals, forums and other events throughout the year. We also communicate directly with our members, contributors, sponsors and advertisers.Our Indigenous Board of Directors provides the direction to ensure we continue to meet our primary purpose of improving the lives of Indigenous Australians living in remote communities.

ICTV CHANNEL 601OUR DAILY SERVICEThe ICTV digital television service is available from 6 am to 12 midnight on Channel 601 VAST, seven days a week. The service is viewed free-to-air in households in remote communi-ties around Australia via a VAST receiver and a satellite dish. In May 2016, there were 277,911 registered VAST Smartcards in Australia, which indicates the number of households that can access ICTV in this way.ICTV is also available as a digital terrestrial service in Broome and Roebourne, Western Australia.

The service was off-air for only 43.5 hours during the past year, due to a power black-out in the Alice Springs CBD in January 2016, followed by a major hail storm in June. On both occasions the cause of the black-to-air was at a location in the workflow outside of ICTV’s control.

PROGRAMMINGProgrammingGridThe Channel 601 Programming Grid groups content according to eight programming genres: Our Country, Our Culture, Our Music, Our Sports, Our Tucker, Our Way, Spiritual Way, and Young Way. The Programming Grid is revised annually, and each programming genre is allocated a number of ‘slots’ (two-to-three-hour programming segments) per week. For example: Our Culture has three slots per week, with each slot incorporating new content as well as existing content from the extensive ICTV library.A new Programming Grid was intro-duced in July 2015, with the following features: • set daily times for Young Way (6 am

and 3 pm) and Our Culture (7 am) • a new Our Sports genre • 100% Australian content for the

entire year • programs repeated no more than

four times each week • 126 hours of content programmed

across all genres each week.

Language ContentProgramming in language is a major priority for ICTV.More than half the content pro-grammed on ICTV Channel 601 was in an Indigenous Australian language (See Figure A), comprising 2114 hours of the total 3784 hours of programming.

CommunityBulletinBoardThe ICTV Community Bulletin Board was posted three times each day, promoting 72 community events throughout the year.

GraphicsandMusicA new graphic style was introduced for station IDs, with music composed by Thomas ‘Big Bear’ Saylor.

Figure A: Daily programming on ICTV Channel 601, by language

ICTV PLAYOUR ONLINE PLATFORMThe new online video streaming service – ICTV PLAY – was launched in February this year.ICTV PLAY provides a video-on-demand platform for ICTV content. It replaces the video component that was previously accessed through Indigi-TUBE.ICTV PLAY consolidates the ICTV corporate website and video streaming into one website. The site has similar functionality to the video element of IndigiTUBE and features ICTV branding and corporate information. There are numerous benefits to this approach: • The service is clearly branded as an

ICTV resource. • Consistent branding has been

achieved by using the same pro-gramming genres and associated palette used on ICTV Channel 601.

• Substantial savings have been generated by adopting a new model for streaming video.

• Significant efficiencies have been achieved by managing one website, rather than two.

• Navigation across all devices has improved.

Consultation with stakeholders regarding the implications of the new service took place both individually and via a meeting of interested parties in October 2015, with site development following thereafter.

PROGRAMMINGApproximately 80% of programming approved for ICTV Channel 601 is also available on ICTV PLAY.ICTV PLAY has been available continuously from 28 February 2016; prior to this, video was streamed on IndigiTUBE.As shown in Figure B, average hit rates for ICTV PLAY have steadily increased since the launch date, but have not yet reached the same rates as the video element of IndigiTUBE.Our Music, followed by Our Way, are the most popular genres on ICTV PLAY.

FigureB:IndigiTUBEandICTVPLAYpageviews

FigureC:Newvideosreceivedoverthepast5years

WWW.ICTV.COM.AU

05FigureF:Newvideosreceivedin2015–16,bycontributor(10videosormore)

FigureD:Genreofnewvideosreceivedin2015–16,againsttargets

FigureE:Languageofnewvideosreceivedin2015–16,byduration

ACQUISITIONSVideo material on ICTV (Channel 601 and ICTV PLAY) is contributed voluntarily by organisations and individuals, either located in remote communities or providing services in remote communities.ICTV aims to acquire approximately 500 new videos per year. To achieve this, we are proactive about maintaining positive relationships with our contributor base.We establish targets for acquiring content according to programming genre and language, guided by the Channel 601 Programming Grid.Over the past year: • 500 new videos were received,

reaching our target and continuing last year’s positive results (see Figure C)

• targets were exceeded for all genres except Our Tucker and Our Culture (see Figure D)

• almost half the new video content was in language (see Figure E)

• 81 contributors provided content – of these, 51 contributors submitted two or more videos, and 31 contributors submitted five or more videos.

• contributors from the regions of Central Australia, followed by the Top End and the Kimberley, provided most content

• PAKAM and UMI Arts contributed the largest amounts of content to ICTV (see Figure F).

CONTRIBUTOR FUNDINGIn 2015–16 the Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) allocated nine Indigenous TV Content Grants, totalling $92,550, to five organisations to produce a range of documentaries, cultural stories, comedy, drama and events for ICTV.The CBF TV Content Grant fund continues to be the sole means by which producers can access funds to produce content for ICTV. The absence of any other dedicated pro-duction funding for content continues to be a major challenge for ICTV in meeting its quota for new content.

CONTRIBUTOR PROFILE – YIRARA COLLEGEThis year Yirara College in Alice Springs began producing the weekly news program Yirara College TV. Each week, Indigenous students from Yirara took to the news room to deliver a weekly news summary of events from around the college and greater Alice Springs. Working with Paul Imms at Yirara College, ICTV has been able to create a weekly workflow that has the Yirara news on ICTV screens three times per week during the school term. The Yirara news program exemplifies one of the best features of ICTV: ICTV contributors, particularly emerging producers, can make use of the ICTV platform to showcase their work, which might not necessarily meet the produc-tion standards of a traditional broadcast television station. Not only do these producers feel proud to see their stories on ICTV – they are, at the same time, developing media skills that they can take back to their communities.

IN-HOUSE PRODUCTIONSIn-house productions have continued to be a key element of ICTV operations, enabling ICTV to produce specific content and provide meaning-ful employment for Indigenous cast and crew.Resources are allocated to in-house productions for the following types of productions: • station IDs • live broadcasts • programming edited from live

broadcasts • sponsorship and advertising

campaigns and community service announcements

• new types of content for ICTV programming, such as drama and fitness

• programming for genres that are difficult to fill.

While ICTV would like to assist com-munities to record stories or events where there are no video production resources on the ground, our current capacity to do this is extremely limited.

CARD STORIESICTV produced and broadcast three short drama videos around the topic of minimising the harm caused by gambling, with a specific emphasis on family. Funding for the project came from Northern Territory Government’s Department of Business.Development and production of the videos took place in Amoonguna community, building upon the approach previously used for the Our Place series. The foundation of this approach has been to develop characters and stories within workshops attended by community members. Card Stories extended this approach by developing storyline documents, rather than scripts, and incorporating an impro-visational style of performance. The time-frame for development and production (two weeks) also ensured that workshop participants were able to move directly into roles as cast members.Thomas ‘Big Bear’ Saylor directed all three stories, which had an all-Indigenous cast.Card Stories has been available on ICTV Channel 601 and ICTV PLAY since mid-May 2016, and was screened at the ‘Amoonguna on Screen’ event. Feedback about the videos has been extremely positive, with a particular emphasis on the quality of the per-formances and the authenticity of the storylines.Yirara College TV presenter, Lucasta O’Keefe.

OUR PLACEEpisode 1 of Our Place was completed in September 2015 and screened that month at the National Remote Indigenous Media Festival (NRIMF).While the production stage for the entire series had been completed in April 2015, securing funding for post-production of the remaining three episodes proved to be challenging. Funding to complete the project was finally secured in May 2016 with a grant from the CBF and funds from a successful crowd-funding campaign. The completed four-part series was broadcast on ICTV commencing NAIDOC Week in July 2016.

LIVE BROADCASTSThree live events were broadcast on ICTV during 2015–16. ICTV produced and broadcast the Central Australian Football League (CAFL) Representative Game as part of NAIDOC Week in July 2015, and the CAFL Grand Final in September 2015. Coverage included three cameras and a live mix. CAAMA Radio provided commentary for both games.The Batchelor Graduation was broadcast on ICTV in June 2016. The event was produced by Batchelor Institute, with a live feed sent over the internet from Batchelor (NT).

INFRASTRUCTUREPREMISESIn July 2015, ICTV become the sole occupant of the premises it has operated from for many years, at 10b Wilkinson Street, Alice Springs. This has provided more office space, a dedicated meeting room, ‘shop frontage’, a reception, and potential to create dedicated production spaces such as a studio and voice-over booth.

TECHNOLOGYTechnical infrastructure is a major component of ICTV operations, and the need to upgrade audiovisual and IT equipment as it becomes redundant is an ongoing challenge. At present, the ICTV server is a signifi-cant piece of equipment that requires upgrading.While leases and chattel mortgages are in place for some items, a server’s high cost and rapid depreciation mean leasing is not a feasible option: the average monthly hire is in excess of $2,000 over three years.With no grant options available to ICTV, replacing our server remains a priority going into the next financial year.

TRAININGStaff training remained a focus in 2015–16, while ICTV also shared its skills within the community.

IN-HOUSE TRAININGWorkshops were delivered in-house by contracted external trainers, covering: • Adobe After Effects and Photoshop • Channel Composer • editing drama and managing

workflows.The Card Stories production included training and support for cast and some crew, with the engagement of a facilitator during the development and production phase.

ACCREDITED TRAININGThree staff members completed ac-credited training courses, including a Certificate IV in Training and Assess-ment (one staff member) and Certifi-cate IV in Screen and Media (two staff members).

OTHER EXTERNAL TRAININGTwo staff members attended a Location Sound Recording workshop offered through the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and Screen Territory.

TRAINING DELIVERYICTV delivered training to the Central Land Council, and accredited training to ICTV staff auspiced by Batchelor Institute.

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Everyone at Borroloola loves watching ICTV. Miriam Charlie, Borrooloola NT

JULY 2015AttendanceatNAIDOCWeek celebrationsLivebroadcastofCAFL Representative Game Moveintonewofficelocation

AUGUST 2015LivebroadcastofCAFLGrandFinalAttendanceatCairns IndigenousArtFair

SEPTEMBER 2015NationalRemoteIndigenous MediaFestivalICTVVideoAwardsICTV AGM

OCTOBER 2015AttendanceatIndigenous Economic Development ForumStakeholdermeetingregarding ICTV PLAY

NOVEMBER 2015Channel Composer training2014-15 ICTV Annual Report sent out to members

DECEMBER 2015 AND JANUARY 2016Developmentofmarketing strategyandICTVPLAYChristmas closure

OUR YEAR IN REVIEW

FEBRUARY 2016ICTV PLAY goes live

MARCH 2016Developmentandproduction ofCard Stories

APRIL 2016Amoonguna On Screen

MAY 2016BroadcastofCard Stories on Channel 601Our Placecrowd-fundingcampaign

JUNE 2016AttendanceatBroadbandforthe BushForumandWesternandNorthern Aboriginal Languages Alliance MeetingLivebroadcastofBatchelorInstituteGraduationOur Placepost-productionHail storm in Alice Springs causes major interruption to ICTV Channel 601 service

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTFESTIVALS, FORUMS AND OTHER EVENTSNationalRemoteIndigenous MediaFestivalICTV played a key role in the 17th NRIMF, held in Lajamanu (NT) in September 2015.Over three nights, ICTV screened an outstanding program of videos selected from over 150 entries produced by Indigenous media makers across remote Australia. Festival favourites included Marumpu Wangka! Kukatja Hand Talk by PAKAM, Eagle by Southeast Desert Metal, Jarrbayarr and Yarakara by Tropic Productions and Road Safety by Heath Baxter. The ICTV Video Awards were presented by Kumanjayi Victor and Francis Jupurrurla Kelly. They were accompanied by Lajamanu community members Geoffrey Barnes, Robert George and Peter Jigili. It was a well-attended and successful evening, made more so by the stunning trophies created by Yarrenyty Arltere Artists.ICTV would like to acknowledge the work of IRCA, PAW Media and Communications, and the Lajamanu community in making the 2015 festival a success.

Amoonguna on ScreenIn April 2016, ICTV ran a special event in Alice Springs called ‘Amoonguna on Screen’ at Witchetty’s Artspace, Araluen Arts Centre.The evening included a screening of recent ICTV productions filmed at Amoonguna community, including Our Place (Episode 1), Lucky Billy and Happy Birthday.The first live performance in eleven years by Thomas ‘Big Bear’ Saylor of several of his own compositions including ‘Amoonguna’ made the evening a very touching experience.The event attracted over 200 people, including a large contingent from Amoonguna, and helped to increase the profile of ICTV in Alice Springs. The event also helped launch the Our Place crowd-funding campaign with a signifi-cant number of donations on the night.ICTV received coverage of the evening in both print and radio media. In partic-ular, the Alice Springs News published a positive and insightful review of the event and videos.

Other EventsICTV staff attended a number of other events including the NAIDOC Week march, Indigenous Economic Develop-ment Forum in Alice Springs, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Western and Northern Aboriginal Languages Alliance Meeting, and the Broadband for the Bush Forum.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONSFacebookandTwitterThe ICTV Australia Facebook and Twitter accounts had regular postings, and Facebook reached 10,000 likes at the end of the 2015–16 period. Facebook in particular has been an essential communication tool in promoting programming and reaching out to audience members to provide advice about service interruptions.The two Facebook posts that received most attention were the Aboriginal Interpreter Service videos You Under-stand don’t you? and You Understand don’t you? 2. In both cases, the posts were shared on a number of other Facebook pages.

NewMemberPacksAll new ICTV members received a membership pack including promo-tional material, an ICTV t-shirt and the ICTV Annual and Visual Reports.

E–NewsletterAn electronic newsletter to members and contributors was distributed six times during the year, along with other interim information.

SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISINGIn December 2015, ICTV engaged Baker Marketing to research and develop a marketing strategy with a particular focus on ICTV’s commercial potential. Findings from the research have enabled ICTV to better understand the marketplace and to more effectively target new sponsors and advertisers, while also providing a plan for improved marketing, relative to commercial operations, for the next three years.ICTV consolidated its sponsorship and advertising revenue in 2015–16, engaging several new clients including Reconciliation Australia and the Northern Territory Electoral Commission.New systems were developed for integrating sponsorship into ICTV core operations.

GOVERNANCE The ICTV Board of Directors met six times over the 2015–16 period.The Annual General Meeting, held in September 2015 on the first day of the NRIMF, was well attended with members coming from as far away as Horn Island in the Torres Strait (Qld) and One Arm Point (WA).A video Annual Report played to members proved to be a welcome addition to the standard procedure of the meeting.

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Keep doing what you’re doing with programming, ICTV.

We love it the way it is. Henry Augustine, Beagle Bay WA

Right: PAKAM representatives Willi Lempert, Mark Pindan, Julieanne Bennett, Bernadette Angus, Mark Moora and Neil Turner receiving the ICTV Contributor of the Year Award at the NRIMF.

Left: Trophies for the ICTV Video Awards, designed and fabricated by Yarrenyty Arltere Artists.

OUR FINANCES

As ICTV’s operations have normalised, this is reflected in our financial position. With no large projects distorting the operational or financial position, our income and expenses sit slightly lower than last year.

AUDITThe 2015–16 Statement of Profit or Loss and other Comprehensive Income shows a loss of -$7257. The overall financial position shows equity of $56,685.As shown in Figure G, expenditure is consistent with income. The loss of $7257 shown on the audit report includes a substantial increase in de-preciation from $16,467 in 2014–15 to $23,892 in 2015–16. It also takes into account an allocation for long-service leave.

INCOMEICTV’s annual income for 2015–16 was $902,920.Our principal source of income continued to be government grants, as shown in Figure H. ICTV received $611,266 from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, which is consistent with the previous years of funding, albeit with no adjustments for CPI or inflation.A significant input for 2015–16 was grant moneys received from the Northern Territory Government, which accounted for $107,539 – 12% of total income. This amount included

funding for the Card Stories project, the marketing strategy, support for ICTV PLAY, and grants moneys from Screen Territory carried across from 2014–15.ICTV auspiced three grants for two organisations under the CBF TV Content Grant Fund.Self-generated income remained consistent at 11% in relation to overall income. This income was generated from sponsorship and advertising campaigns, administration fees and outsourcing of technical services.

EXPENSESICTV’s total expenses for 2015–16 were $910, 178.As shown in Figure I, Wages and Contractors continued to be the main area of expenditure, accounting for 65% of expenses. This shows a slight increase from 2014–15 (where Wages and Contractors accounted for 61% of expenses) and is consistent with the organisation’s operations.

FigureG:2015–16Incomeandexpenditure

FigureH:2015–16Incomebreakdown FigureI:2015–16Expensebreakdown

FederalGovernmentGrants $611,266(68%)

NT Government Grants $107,539 (12%)

Donations $7,902(1%) AuspicedGrants

$38,500(4%)

Wages & Contractors $589,165(65%)

Suppliers $206,064(23%)

Services $46,850(5%)

OtherExpenses$48,181(5%)

TravelExpenses $19,917(2%)

Other Revenue $26,719(3%)

Self-generated income

$100,994(11%)

Non-Government Grants $10,000

(1%)

FUNDING

ICTV would like to acknowledge the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet for providing ongoing opera-tional funding for the organisation. Funding support was also received from the Northern Territory Depart-ment of Business and the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

PRO BONOSUPPORT FOR ICTVICTV has continued to enjoy pro bono support for legal and consulting services, printing, catering, production location support, football commentary and attendance at the NRIMF.Thank you to:Amity Community ServicesCAAMA RadioCentre Bush BusColeman’s PrintingDomino’s PizzaGilbert + Tobin LawyersHeavy Tree Gap TavernPyndan Camel FarmIRCA

SUPPORT FROM ICTVICTV was pleased to provide pro bono advertising on Channel 601 for not-for-profit organisations including:Central Australian Football LeagueClean Up Australia Day Diabetes AustraliaDesart and Desert MobEast Journey GI Cancer InstituteLife. Be. in itNational Indigenous Music AwardsRoyal Life Saving Society

ICTV’s process for offering pro bono advertising has now been formalised, with a new policy and procedure endorsed in August 2016 which will ensure greater participation and equity.

DONATIONS AND CROWD FUNDINGA number of donations were received this year, with the crowd-funding campaign for post-production of the Our Place series making the most significant contribution.Thank you to these supporters for your contributions, whether big and small:Alison MulvihillAlyssa Evan-WoodAmanda DoyleAndre SawenkoAnna CaddenBess Price MLABob DurnanBrendan MounterCath SouthCharlotte AustinChloe RickardClare FinterCountry DieselDavid SlowoDeborah FrancesFelicity HowellGaby MasonHelen MillerHitNET

James BalfourJeff ColeJon KingJono van HestJose PereiraJosh NorthJoy TaylorKylie PurdieLaura EganLaura McDowellLeonie SheedyLeyla ItenLouise WignallLucas HabteMarie Eleine VolkMelinda HinksonMelissa JuhansonMichael MeadowsMichelle CrozierNicola PittNiki McCoyPeter RickardPhil WalcottRachael MartinRebecca McLeanSoda MountainSuzie StartinTamara WhyteTim ErringtonTom HearnTyson MowarinVanessa SimVision Method OutcomeWanyima JuliusWilli LempertAnd our many anonymous donors.

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I watch ICTV every day. I’d like to see ICTV expand all over Australia and other remote communities. It would be good to see ICTV at more national events and broadcasting events in remote

communities. ICTV should do the footy season in Katherine. Tony Walla, Barunga NT

TravelExpenses $19,917(2%)

OUR COMMUNITY

2015-16 ICTV BOARD OF DIRECTORSNelson Conboy, Chairperson (Wujal Wujal, Qld)Bernadette Angus, Deputy Chairperson (Djarindjin, WA)Elizabeth Katakarinja, Treasurer (Yuendumu, NT)Neil Turner, Secretary (Broome, WA)Francis Kelly (Yuendumu, NT)Warren H Williams (Alice Springs, NT)Noelene Golder (Santa Teresa, NT)Shane White (Yuendumu, NT)Valerie Martin (Yuendumu, NT)Dayne Noah, Casual appointment (Horn Island, Qld)Edward Walden, Casual appointment (Doomadgee, Qld)

TEAMSTAFFThe number of ICTV staff has remained constant at seven, and at the end of the financial year included (as appearing in photo at right, top row first, left to right):Ben Pridmore (Technical Officer)John Hodgson (Programmer)Josh Davis (Content Officer)Kiara Bailey (Administration Officer)Gina Campbell (Programmer/ Sponsorship Officer)Rita Cattoni (General Manager)Jamie Balfour (Station Coordinator)

ICTV said goodbye to Ciara Buckley, Sponsorship and Acquisitions Officer, in February 2016.

CONTRACTORS, CONSULTANTS AND CASTICTV engaged a number of consultants, contractors and local cast over the last year including: Anna Cadden, Danny Phillips, Jan Cattoni, Joy Taylor, Lynette Ellis, Thomas Saylor, and more.

AUDIENCE AND USER GROUPThe ICTV Channel 601 audience and ICTV PLAY user groups continue to be markedly different, due to the acces-sibility of each platform.The Channel 601 audience members are predominantly Indigenous Australians living in remote parts of the country who access ICTV via their VAST receivers. Over 56,000 Indigenous Australians in remote com-munities are watching ICTV every day.

It cannot be determined how many users in remote communities are accessing ICTV PLAY (and formerly IndigiTUBE), as analytics are based on the internet service provider (ISP) locations, which are in major urban centres and capital cities. Analytics show, however, that most users are from Western Australia, followed by South Australia. Anecdotally, we receive feedback that ICTV PLAY is being accessed by individuals as well as schools, language centres and libraries.

CONTRIBUTORSICTV would like to acknowledge the 81 contributors who have provided content over the past year. In addition, we would like to acknowledge the other 69 contributors whose videos have been contributed in previous years, and whose material we continue to access from our library.

AMOONGUNA COMMUNITYICTV has continued to develop a cross-beneficial relationship with the Amoonguna community, just outside of Alice Springs. ICTV has engaged local people in Amoonguna as cast and participants for projects, while the Amoonguna community has provided a location for ICTV productions.

MEMBERSAt the end of the 2015–16 year, ICTV had 90 current members.ICTV Ordinary Membership is open to Indigenous Australians living in remote and very remote parts of Australia. Associate Membership is open to any person who does not qualify for Ordinary Membership.

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OUR FUTURE

Over the next twelve months, ICTV will become available to all households in Alice Springs, thanks to funding received from the Aboriginal Benefits Account and the advocacy of govern-ment agencies.Plans are also underway to roll out a new audience survey, and to further increase the percentage of Indigenous employment at ICTV.Providing support to our contributors through a dedicated ICTV produc-tion fund is a major goal. Over the next twelve months, resources will be allocated to defining such a fund and exploring how it would operate. The existence of a substantial fund for ICTV content, in addition to the CBF TV Content Grants, would make an enormous difference to the sector in establishing a viable screen production industry in remote Australia.On a more immediate level, a new server would address ongoing opera-tional inefficiencies and stresses. Other resources that would significantly enrich our daily programming include the installation of a temporary studio and the purchase of satellite transmis-sion equipment to broadcast live from remote locations.With the 2013–17 ICTV Strategic Plan nearing its final year, we are poised to look into the future and determine where ICTV will be in another four years.

Janis Stevens on camera at Hopevale community, Qld.

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